[VERSE 1] Another speech from a distant stage Another promise wrapped in praise Another flag beneath the sun Another mother’s worried son The drums begin The headlines roar The same old story Like before The powerful talk of sacrifice While somebody else’s pays the price [PRE-CHORUS] The ones who choose Rarely bleed The ones who bleed Never choose [CHORUS] Send us to the fire Send us to the rain Send us to the battlefields To carry all the pain While their sons stay home Far away from harm We’re the ones they call upon When they sound the alarm [VERSE 2] A photograph A folded flag A thousand dreams inside a bag Another name carved into stone Another family left alone The years go by The reasons change The losses somehow stay the same Every generation learns too late The cost of power and the cost of hate [PRE-CHORUS] The ones who choose Rarely bleed The ones who bleed Never choose [CHORUS] Send us to the fire Send us to the rain Send us to the battlefields To carry all the pain While their sons stay home Far away from harm We’re the ones they call upon When they sound the alarm [BRIDGE] I don’t hate the soldier I don’t hate the land I don’t hate the people Following commands I hate the endless cycle I hate the same old game Where the young inherit scars And the old men keep their names [FINAL CHORUS] Send us to the fire Send us to the storm Send us where the world falls apart To keep another order warm While their sons stay home Far away from harm We’re the ones they call upon When they sound the alarm [OUTRO] Another generation. Another war. Another lesson We forgot before.
